Wednesday || November 19, 2008

Gene Rash


Charlotte Office
704.424.2900

Practice Areas

Experience

Partner, Penry  & Riemann (2008—present)

Partner, Taylor, Penry, Rash, & Riemann (2003—2008)

Partner, Smith, Currie & Hancock (1999—2003)

Associate, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick (1997—1999)

Associate, Harper Law Firm (1995—1997)

Rash's selected relevant experience includes:
  • Successful litigation of numerous construction claims and disputes involving office buildings, high-rise towers, highway construction, hotels, laboratories, waste treatment facilities, shopping centers, and healthcare projects.
  • Successful representation of owners, contractors, subcontractors, and sureties in mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
  • Project engineer, and later, project manager for a regional commercial general contractor.
  • Structural inspector for an engineering and testing company.
  • Construction estimator.

Education

Wake Forest University (J.D., 1995)

North Carolina State University (B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1985)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association
  • Forum on the Construction Industry

Member, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Construction Law Section

Member, South Carolina Bar Association

Registered Professional Engineer

Licensed General Contractor

Member, Wake Forest University Law Alumni Council (1999—2002)

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

Advisory Council Member, Western Carolina University Construction Management Program

Bar Admissions

North Carolina (1995)

South Carolina (1995)

U.S. District Court, District of S.C.

U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of N.C.

Honors and Distinctions

At Wake Forest University:
  • Brown Scholar
  • National Trial Team, Southeast Region Champion (1995)
  • Received certificates of merit for top performance in Civil Procedure, Trial Practice and Procedure, and Sales

At North Carolina State University:
  • Member, Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society
  • Vice President of Associated General Contractors Student Chapter
  • Eskridge Long Scholarship

Speeches, Seminar Talks, and Other Presentations

” Construction Delay Claims,” NC Bar Association Construction Law Section (Spring, 2001)

” Default and Termination Issues,” NC Bar Association Construction Law Section (Fall, 2002)

Publications

Handbook of North Carolina Construction Law, Carolinas AGC (1999)